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			Your search for Documents of type Rule and affecting 49 CFR 200-299

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			Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			This document amends the schedule of civil penalties for violations of part 232 to make it consistent with the primary final rule in this proceeding or with subsequent changes made in the text of the regulation in response to petitions for...
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Expanded Application of FRA Alcohol and Drug Rules to Foreign Railroad Foreign-Based Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States (Final Rule)
			In 2001, FRA proposed to make employees of a foreign railroad (a railroad incorporated outside the United States) whose primary reporting point is outside the United States who enter into the United States to perform train or dispatching service...
						Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards: Clarifying Amendments; Headlights and Auxiliary Lights (Final Rule)
			On August 19, 2003, FRA published an interim final rule making a technical clarification to the locomotive headlight and auxiliary light provisions contained in Sec. 229.125(a) and (d) of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The purpose...
						Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety (Final Rule)
			This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of FRA's July 28, 2003 final rule which prescribed safety standards for railroad on-track roadway maintenance machines and hi-rail vehicles. This document amends and clarifies the final rule.
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			On December 18, 2003, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) in the Federal Register (68 FR 70585) addressing the use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings. As FRA is interested in receiving public comments on all aspects of the IFR,...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			On December 18, 2003, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) in the Federal Register (68 FR 70585) addressing the use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings. FRA is interested in receiving public comments on all aspects of the IFR. In...
						Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Reporting (Final Rule)
			Each of the Department of Transportation's drug and alcohol testing rules include requirements for select employers to submit drug and alcohol testing data to five Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies. In the past, these employers have been...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing rules to require that a locomotive horn be sounded while a train is approaching and entering a public highway-rail crossing. The rules also provide for an exception to the above requirement in circumstances in which there is not a...
						Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards: Clarifying Amendments; Headlights and Auxiliary Lights (Final Rule)
			This rulemaking action makes a technical clarification to certain locomotive headlight and auxiliary light provisions. The purpose of this modification is to codify FRA's longstanding acceptance of lamps used in locomotive headlights and auxiliary...
						Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its Railroad Workplace Safety regulations by adding a new subpart prescribing safety standards for railroad on-track roadway maintenance machines and hi-rail vehicles. The purpose of these standards is to protect roadway workers during...
						Final Policy Statement Concerning Small Entities Subject to the Railroad Safety Laws (Final Rule)
			On August 11, 1997, in compliance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), FRA issued an Interim Policy Statement Concerning Small Entities Subject to the Railroad Safety Laws. This document discusses comments...
						Conforming the Federal Railroad Administration's Accident/Incident Reporting Requirements to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Revised Reporting Requirements; Other Amendments (Final Rule)
			FRA conforms, to the extent practicable, its regulations on accident/incident reporting to the revised reporting regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This action permits the...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2003 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2001 rail industry random testing positive rate was 0.77 percent for drugs and 0.21 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
						Retention of Current Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accident/Incidents During Calendar Year 2003 and Until Further Amended (Final Rule)
			This Interim Final Rule establishes at $6,700 the monetary threshold for reporting certain railroad accidents/incidents involving railroad property damage that occur during calendar year 2003 and, until further notice, during subsequent calendar years....
						U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations (Final Rule)
			This Final Rule will supplant an interim Final Rule (IFR) that has been in effect since January 10, 2002, while FRA has gathered comments on whether to permit extraterritorial dispatching (the act of dispatching of a railroad operation that occurs on...
						Regulations on Safety Integration Plans Governing Railroad Consolidations, Mergers, and Acquisitions of Control (Final Rule)
			On March 15, 2002, the Federal Railroad Administration (``FRA'') and the Surface Transportation Board (``STB'' or ``Board'') published joint final rules on regulations on safety integration plans (``SIPs'' or ``plans'') governing railroad mergers,...
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of the fire safety portion of FRA's May 12, 1999 final rule establishing comprehensive Federal safety standards for railroad passenger equipment. This document amends and clarifies the final rule.
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Correction (Final Rule)
			In the Federal Register of Tuesday, January 15, 2002, (67 FR 1903), the FRA published an interim final rule prohibiting the use of body belts as permissible components of personal fall arrest systems and making technical changes. In the Federal...
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			This document responds to certain of the petitions for reconsideration of FRA's May 12, 1999 final rule establishing comprehensive Federal safety standards for railroad passenger equipment. This document clarifies and amends the final rule.
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			On January 17, 2001, FRA published a final rule revising the regulations governing braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non-passenger railroad train operations. The revisions were intended to achieve safety by better adapting the...
						Locomotive Cab Sanitation Standards (Final Rule)
			FRA amends its regulations by adding standards that address toilet and washing facilities for employees who work in locomotive cabs. This rule provides exceptions for certain existing equipment and operations, and establishes servicing requirements.
						Surface Transportation Board (Final Rule)
			The Federal Railroad Administration (``FRA'') and the Surface Transportation Board (``STB'' or ``Board''), working in conjunction with each other, hereby issue joint final rules establishing procedures for the development and implementation of safety...
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Correction (Final Rule)
			In the Federal Register of Tuesday, January 15, 2002, (67 FR 1903), the FRA published an interim final rule prohibiting the use of body belts as permissible components of personal fall arrest systems and making technical changes. Inadvertently, Secs....
						Railroad Workplace Safety (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending regulations on Railroad Workplace Safety to eliminate a provision which could present undue hazards to persons, and to eliminate possible confusion regarding the use of various terms in the rule text. In particular, FRA is prohibiting...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2002; Corrections (Final Rule)
			FRA published a document in the Federal Register of January 2, 2002, setting the minimum random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2002. The testing rates are based on the rail industry's overall positive rate, which is determined using...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2002 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2000 rail industry random testing positive rate was .20 percent for drugs and .79 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers; and Other Proceedings (Final Rule)
			This interim final rule amends the definition of filing as used in the Federal Railroad Administration's rule on engineer certification in order to address recent, unavoidable postal delays. Due to terrorism, the Department of Transportation has...
						Annual Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents-Calendar Year 2002 (Final Rule)
			This final rule establishes at $6,700 the monetary threshold for reporting railroad accidents/incidents involving railroad property damage that occur during calendar year 2002. The monetary threshold of $6,700 for calendar year 2002 represents an $100...
						U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations (Final Rule)
			This Interim Final Rule adds a new regulation that requires all dispatching of railroad operations that occur in the United States to be performed in the United States, with three minor exceptions. First, a railroad is allowed to conduct dispatching of...
						Signal and Train Control; Miscellaneous Amendments (Final Rule)
			On May 30, 1996, FRA, by issuing an Interim Final Rule, amended FRA's signal system reporting requirements to reduce signal system reporting burdens on the rail industry. At that time FRA also amended its regulations governing applications for approval...
						Grade Crossing Signal System Safety (Final Rule)
			On June 20, 1996, FRA published Interim Final Rule Amendments amending the regulations on grade crossing signal system safety. That rule required that railroads comply with specific maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for active...
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Changes To Conform to New DOT Transportation Workplace Testing Procedures (Final Rule)
			FRA is publishing a final rule conforming its drug and alcohol testing regulation to the December 19, 2000 revision of DOT's transportation workplace testing procedures. Consistency between the FRA's rule and DOT's revision is important in order to...
						Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Response to Comments on Pre-Employment Inquiry Requirement; Common Preamble for DOT Agency Conforming Rules (Final Rule)
			This document does two things. First, it responds to comments by maritime industry groups and others concerning the pre-employment inquiry provision of the Department-wide regulations on transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing procedures...
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			On January 17, 2001, FRA published a final rule revising the regulations governing braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non-passenger railroad train operations. The revisions were intended to achieve safety by better adapting the...
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			On January 17, 2001, FRA published a final rule revising the regulations governing braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non-passenger railroad train operations. In response to the final rule, FRA received a petition for...
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices; Final Rule: Delay of Effective Date (Final Rule)
			In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2001, 66 FR 7702, this action temporarily delays for 60...
						Track Safety Standards; Delay of Effective Date (Final Rule)
			In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2001, 66 FR 7702, this action temporarily delays for 60...
						Track Safety Standards; Correction (Final Rule)
			The Federal Railroad Administration published in the Federal Register of January 10, 2001 (66 FR 1894), a final rule to amend the Track Safety Standards contained in 49 CFR part 213. This correction document corrects inadvertent errors in the final rule.
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing revisions to the regulations governing the power braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non- passenger railroad train operations. The revisions are designed to achieve safety by better adapting the regulations to the...
						Track Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			FRA amends the Track Safety Standards to provide procedures for track owners to use Gage Restraint Measuring Systems (GRMS) to assess the ability of their track to maintain proper gage. Under the current Track Safety Standards, track owners must...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2001 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 1999 rail industry random testing positive rate was .82 percent for drugs and .13 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
						Annual Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents-Calendar Year 2001 (Final Rule)
			This final rule establishes at $6,600 the monetary threshold for reporting railroad accidents/incidents involving railroad property damage that occur during calendar year 2001. There is no change from the reporting threshold for calendar year 2000....
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers; Corrections (Final Rule)
			FRA published in the Federal Register of November 8, 1999, (64 FR 60966), a document making miscellaneous amendments to its requirements for the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers (49 CFR part 240). Inadvertently, mistakes were...
						Policy on the Safety of Railroad Bridges (Final Rule)
			FRA issues a final statement of policy for the safety of railroad bridges. FRA establishes suggested criteria for railroads to use to ensure the structural integrity of bridges that carry railroad tracks. This final statement of policy reflects minor...
						Statement of Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger Operations and Waivers Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of the General Railroad System by Light Rail and Conventional Equipment (Final Rule)
			FRA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have jointly developed a policy concerning safety issues related to light rail transit operations that share use of the general railroad system track with conventional trains. That policy, published...
						Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program; Revisions (Final Rule)
			The Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing a final rule which implements the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (RRIF) to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to State and local governments, government sponsored...
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			This document specifically responds to the petitions for reconsideration related to the inspection, testing, maintenance, and movement of defective equipment provisions that FRA received in response to its May 12, 1999 final rule establishing...
						Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives (Final Rule)
			On November 17, 1999, FRA published the final rule on inspection and maintenance of steam locomotives (65 FR 62828). The Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 209 and 230, which...
						Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives (Final Rule)
			On November 17, 1999, FRA published the final rule on inspection and maintenance of steam locomotives (64 FR 62828). The Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives, title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 209 and 230, which...
						Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Program (Final Rule)
			FRA published an Interim final rule with request for comments on October 13, 1998 (63 FR 54600), implementing the Magnetic Levitation Technology Deployment Program. An amendment to the interim final rule was published on February 12, 1999 (64 FR 7133)...
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